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1880193003Fleury 1880. Etat Passable le prix tient compte de l'état fils reliure grossier reliure détendue. in12. 1880. Relié. 700 pages. Fleury unknown
190020752Paris 1900. Very good condition. Lithograph by the French caricaturist 'SEM' Georges Goursat 1863-1934 who was recognized for his caricatures of socialites of the French Belle Epoque and of the people who served their fashion needs. He was active in the early years of the 20th century.<br /> <br /> The caricature depicts a bowler hat being produced through 'alchemy' by the famous Paris hat maker Gelot located at the place Vendome. Gelot was the preferred hat maker of King Edward VII; his coat of arms is at the top of the image. The hat maker raises a domed cover or cloche to reveal a freshly produced black bowler hat as steam billows in the background. One has the impression the hat was fashioned or cooked up through some instant proprietary process and all the hat maker had to do was raise the lid to reveal his latest creation. The cloche was perfected by the French as a way of protecting tender plants. Lithograph with stenciled color signed in the plate. Approximately 13 x 19 3/4" unknown
187694796Nice: D. Boistier & Fleuedelys Editeur. 1876. First editions of these attractive souvenirs featuring spirited renderings of the carnival procession at Nice in 1876. Both were clearly taken on the spot Giordano's perhaps being the more sophisticated and featuring identifications of some of the floats. These include the Floats of the Beetles and of the Rabbits the Float of Cosmography and the Float of the Kitchen turned Upside-down la Cuisine Renversée with a group of animals feasting on human flesh with a chef hanging in the meat-safe all of which feature in both panoramas. Details of both artists are elusive: neither is listed in Thiemme-Becker or Vollmer and Sem is often confused with the later and better-known caricaturist Georges Goursat who would have been just 13 at the time of publication. Frederick Sem seems to have made some sort of career as an artist-illustrator based in London catering to literary and theatrical circles Blake. Fragile and consequently highly ephemeral these panoramas offer an appealing evocation of the beginnings of the modern carnival in Nice. We locate the Bibliothèque nationale Française copy only of the first-named; the second is unrecorded. Both landscape octavo. Folding lithographic panorama to each 720 and 880 mm long respectively. Original pictorial paper wrappers. A little used a few minor chips and splits misfolds to the panoramas but overall very good. Erin Blake "The mysterious 'Sem'" Folger Shakespeare Library website blog post. unknown
